The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has updated its Practice Alert for feeding tube insertion and created a new Practice Alert covering aspiration prevention practices for tube-fed ...

We evaluated the usefulness of capnographic monitoring for preventing respiratory complications and the clinical characteristics associated with inserting a feeding tube in a critically ill patient.

A healthy individual places food into their mouth, which they then chew and swallow. The food moves into the stomach from the esophagus, where it is digested and broken down before entering the small ...

Physicians’ specialties may impact whether or not they choose to administer a feeding tube to patients with advanced dementia, according to a study in Health Affairs. They found hospitalists were the ...

While a healthy, balanced diet improves quality of life, people suffering from common symptoms of advanced dementia often have a weak swallow or lose the ability to swallow safely, especially toward ...